The premise for this book sounds interesting, but I just could not get into this book. It had a really slow beginning and I wasn’t invested at all until about halfway through.
The mystery kept me going, but it felt like a chore to have to go back and continue reading. There were just too many interweaving characters and timelines that it was hard to feel any attachment to the characters or have a clear sense of why and when events were taking place.

Thank you Net Galley for a free eARC in exchange for an honest review. I love time travel books and this one is no exception. The plot was very interesting; however, I did find it a bit confusing at times as the author moved back and forth in time. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book. I especially enjoyed the fact that the scientists were all women.

This was a fun book, that had more depth then I originally thought it would.

Time Travel is a thing, but is it a good thing? And what does it do to those involved? The Psychology of Time Travel delves into this concept and explores the power and ego others get, how they end up viewing life and death, and what control do you really have.

The start was a bit rocky, and it really took a bit for me to really get into the story. Halfway through, I was all in and curious to see what would happen. Or, what had happened? ;-)

I wouldn't take this book too seriously, and I disagree with the main blurb comparing it to Naomi Alderman's The Power and Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures. This just happens to have strong women characters, who have faults and kick-ass, and other women characters that just fade into the background and aren't as well written as they could have been.

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an unbiased review.

If you are like me, then you are interested in the topic of time travel. I spend (or waste, depending on your point of view) a lot of time thinking about where I would go and what I would do if I had the chance to travel to a different time. So when this book, The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas, became available on NetGalley, it was a happy day that I would never change on any timeline or in any dimension.
Would we still be ourselves or would there be several versions of us if we traveled through time? In The Psychology of Time Travel, the time travelers travel to different periods but they don’t change events.
There would be several versions of the same person visiting with the current version on special days like their wedding. If they are investigating a crime, then the time travel officers collect evidence from the time just before the crime happened.
The four women who made time travel a reality in 1967 were once close friends. However, after Bee has a nervous breakdown the other three no longer have any contact with her. In 2017, one of Bee’s former co-workers sends her information about an unsolved homicide. No one knows if it’s Bee or another time traveler. Bee’s granddaughter, Ruby, becomes interested in finding out the identity of the mystery lady.
I thought that the story was interesting. It was awesome to read a story about women involved in science and time travel. You guys might already know that I love a story with a little mystery.
I received this ebook from NetGalley in exchange for doing a review. All opinions are my own. Obviously.

Although confusing at times, I tried to read this book three times. Once I was into the characters (and perhaps actually concentrated) I was able to sit back and enjoy. A thought-provoking read with lots of character development.

Many thanks to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for a very good story.

Thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas has everything: time travel, murder, family drama, mental health rep, lesbian relationships, and best of all female friendships. I really enjoyed following each woman's perspective and seeing the story unfold. With the time travel element, it felt like anything was possible and anyone could be a suspect, so the reveal was quite something.
I'm so glad I picked this up. It was a great start to my reading year, and I've put Kate Mascarenhas on my authors-to-watch list.

This was a well written mix of mystery, time travel, and literature. I enjoyed the characters and the plot which kept me guessing. The dialog didn't feel forced or contrived, which seems to be a common problem. I look forward to more from this author.

Loved it, like a cross between Hidden Figures and Back to the Future. Unlike any time travel novel I’ve read. It’s unique not only in that’s it’s female centric, but that it’s also a murder mystery. Although we don’t get a lot of time with the many characters individually, Kate Mascarenhas does an amazing job at creating unique and diverse voices for each. She’s an author that is able to convey much information without many words. I hope to spend more time in this fantastic world with these characters in “the future”.

It was an interesting take on time travel, but I did not connect with this story. It felt like there were too many characters/timelines for how short it was, and I was left not caring about the characters or the mystery.

This book felt so original and timely, I am convinced the author has actually time traveled. If you want a book that will completely make you forget about the real world, this is the one. You will be swept up in every perfect detail.

This looked right up my alley, but while it was an interesting take on time-travel and a bit of a mystery, it was much more speculative fiction than sci-fi. Following the four groundbreaking women who invented the time machine and some of their descendants, it's literally about the psychology of it: what happens to people during and after, and what people make good time travelers. The mechanics of it, as well as rules they had to make to operate in the multiple times, were also interesting.

*Swoon*. How much do I love Veronica and Stoker? Like the most.

And trap them on an isolated island with a very "And then there were none" feel? I'm so into it.

Stoker's brother invited Veronica to an old friend's island castle for some butterfly stuff. Of course she can't refuse. Stoker ends up tagging along and the whole triangle gets messy. Malcom is the castle owner, and lives with his sister on this isolated island. The island has it's own mythology and the island inhabitants are full of "witches" and "mer-folk". The reason they were invited to come to the island (other than butterfiles) is revelaed in dramatic fashion. A day after marrying Malcom, young Rosamind goes missing. He believes she never left the island, but was instead murdered, and wants his houseguests to determine what happened.

There are plenty of viable suspects....the former lover, the heir to the house, the sister who loves her gardens, and then there is her husband as well.

The culprit is someone I didn't see coming....and this is the second book I've read recently that relies heavily on the "priest holes" of old homes/castles. I still love Veronica, and her relationship with Stoker takes a leap in this book that is wholy satisfying. The last chapter provides a hint on what they will do next....and reader? I'm here for it!

I don’t think I can accurately describe just how much I love this book, but I will try.

It had me hooked from the start, grabbing me instantly with the strong, smart, vulnerable women, and kept me hooked through the entire story. The relative lack of men was an added, welcome, and refreshing change of pace from most books I’ve read. I’ve also noticed that most books and movies/television shows involving time travel make the reader/viewer do some mental gymnastics in order to wrap their head around the whole concept, however Mascarenhas does all that for you, leaving your brain free to try to dissect the murder mystery.

I also loved how the story is woven together and how organized it is, despite it being about a very disorganized subject. This made it easy to read and impossible to put down.

I have already started telling all my friends about this book and will continue to bother them until each and everyone of them reads it. I was utterly blown away and loved every minute of it.

I loved how novel the author's approach to this book was. It kept me spellbound and I had to keep reading to see what would happen. I could see this happening in the future easily and I don't know if that's good or bad.

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This book is a powerful combination of mystery and time travel, leading the reader heavily into the world of time travel, popping back and forth through the decades and revealing bit of information by bit of information. It pulled me in and I found it hard to put it down until I knew what had happened and how.

Mascarenhas weaves together a complicated plot and provides and interesting new view of time travel, one that is centered around female scientists who change the course of the world and their complicated relationships. The openness of the time travel is what intrigued me most and how the characters had to navigate within that world. They could travel back and forth on their own timeline, meet and interact with themselves, and they knew when they would die and when their loved ones would die. The world functioned within the limitations created by these facts.

One thing that got to me was that I sometimes found the characters blended together and it would take me a minute to remember who was who (this might just be a function of my over-worked brain haha) but it didn’t too negatively affect my reading experience.

Overall, it was a fantastic book, and the different strings were pulled together expertly at the end.

I’d recommend this one to people who are looking for some women heavy speculative fiction and love time travel and mysteries. Or really, 2/3 of these things will probably do.

While definitely interesting, I just could not engage with the story. I like time travel, but something about the narrative style didn't suit me.

I was a huge fan of The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and was thrilled about the opportunity to read something in a similar vein. Add to that the promise of a female-focused STEM story, and I was hooked. The shifting timelines and the multiple narrators gave this story an immersive quality that aligned perfectly with the theme of time travel. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book.

I’m a huge fan of time travel books and like to think I can keep up with all of the intricate details that come along with these types of plots. However, I met my match with The Psychology of Time Travel . This is a complex and detailed look at how time travel could be incorporated into and alter everyday society. What I appreciated most about this story was the unique fatalistic perspective it took with time travelling. In this book, time travellors are encouraged to interact with past and future selves, family members, events, etc. The interactions do not change fate but rather lead to fate.

I loved the science behind this plot. It made me think and puzzle. The time travel terminology used by the characters added a layer of authenticity to this sci fi tale. Where things went off track for me was in the plot and character development. The plot got lost in the science to a degree. There was much description about time travel and characters living in multiple time lines but there was little emotional depth to keep me connected to the events and characters. I didn’t really know many of the characters all that well or care about them very much.

Despite it’s weaknesses, The Psychology of Time a Travel is certainly a thoughtful book. Readers who enjoy time travel plots will probably enjoy this a lot if only for the sci fi aspect. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A fun read. If you like this type of fiction, particularly modern scifi and scifi with consequences you'll probably like this book.

While I really wanted to like this one and loved the idea and many, many aspects of the story, I just didn't like the writing itself. No matter how fascinating I found the story, I could never really get lost in it because of the writing style.